Ripple makes waves with Japanese money transfer app

SBI Holdings is not quite done with its foray into blockchain. The Japanese financial giant has announced plans to launch a mobile payment app for iOS and Android that will use Ripple’s distributed ledger tech. So far, all we know is that the app is expected to arrive this Fall and that it will be called Money Tap. This collaboration is part of SBI Ripple Asia, which the two companies founded in 2016 in efforts to develop various blockchain-based fintech solutions. The announcement comes directly from Takashi Okita, CEO of SBI Ripple Asia, who took to Twitter to share the…